Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

ary OF Montefiore, the great Jewish piilan-
throp:st Intolerance never yet put down
anything
III. But now, my friends, having shown
you the origin Of bigotry or sactarianism, AMI
having shown you the damage it does want
briefly to show you how we are TO war against
this terrible evil, and think we ought to
begin our war by realizing our weakness and
our imperfections. II we make so many
mistakes in the common affairs of life, is it
not possible that we may make mistakes in
regard to our religious atfairsl Shall we
take man by the throat, or by the collar,
because he cannot see religious truths just as
we dol In the light Of eternity it will be
found out, l think. there was something
wrong in all our cree Is, and something right
in all our creels. But. since we may make
mistakes in regard to things of tie world, do
not let us be egotistic, and so puffe1 up as to
have an idea that we cannot make any mis-
take in regard to religious theories. And
then | think we will do great deal to over
throw the sectarianism from our hearts, and
the sectarianism from the world, by chiefly
enlarging upon those things in which we
agree rather than those on which we differ.
Now, here is great Gospel platform. A
man comes up on this side the platform and
says: II don't believe in baby sprfnkling."
Shall | shove him.offl Here is man coming
up on this side the platform, and he says: II
don't believe in the perseverance of the
saints Shall shove him of! No. | will
say: "Do you believe in the Lord Jesus as
your Sav.orl Do you trust Him for time and
for eternity?" He says: eyes" "Do you
take Christ for tine and for eternityp
Eyes" | say: "CJme on, brothers; one in
time and one in eternity: brother now,
brother forever" Blessed be God for Cos
pei platform SO large that all who receive
Christ may stand on it!
think we may overthrow the severe sac
tarianism and bigotry in our hearts, and in
the church also, by realizing that all the de-
nominations of Christians have yielded noble
institutions and noble men. There isnothing
that so stirs my soul as this thought. One
denomination yielded Robert Hall and an
Adoniram Judson; another yielded Lati-
mer and a Melville; another yielded John
Wesley and the blessed Summerfed while
our own denomination yielded John Knox
and the AleXanders-men OF whom the world
was not worthy. Now, say, if we are hon
est and fair minded men, when we come up
in the presence of such churches and such de-
nominations, although they may b9 different
from our own, we ought to admire them and
we ought to love and honor them Churches
which can produce such men, and such large
hearted charity, and such magnificent mar
tyrdom, ought to win our atfection--at any
rate. our respect. So come on, We 400, 900
Episcopalians in this country, an1 ye S0),0 900
Presbyterians, and ye 2.2j0,0)0 BapJists, and
We nearly 3,750,G0) Methodist ;-nome on,
shoulder to shoulder We will march for the
worlds conquest; for all nations are to be
saved, and God demands that you and | help
do it. Forward, the whole line.
Moreover, we may also overthrow the feel
ing of severe sectaraniSm by joining other
denominations in Christian work l like
when the springtime comes and the anniver-
sary occasions begin and all nominations
n,,,NS f1,a ala rtnt
throws sectarianism. In the Young Mems
Christian association, in the Bible society, in
the Tract society, in the Foreign Missionary
society, shoulder to shoulder all denonina-
tions.
Perhaps / might mora forcibly illustrate
this truth by calling your attention to an in
cident which took place fourteen or fifteen
| years ago. One Monday morning at about
O'Clock, while her 800 passengers were sound
asleep in her berths dreaming OF home, the
steamer Atlantic crashed into Mars Head.
! Five hundred souls in ten minutes landed in
eternity! Oh what scenel Agonized men
and women running up and down the gang
ways and clutchng for the rigging, and the
! plunge of the helpless steamer, and the clap
| ping of the hands Of the merciles sea over
the drowning and the dead, threw two CONT
nents into terror. But see this brave quar-
termaster pushing out with the lifeline until
he gets to the ok; and see these fishermen
| gathering up the shpwrecke1 and TAX
ing them into the cabins and wrapping
them in the flannels snug and warm and see
that minister of the Gospel with three other
men getting into a lfeboat and pushing out
for the wreck, pulling away across the surf
and pulling away until they save one more
man, and then getting back with him to the
shore. Can those men ever forget that night
And can they ever forget their companion
ship in peril, companionship in struggle, com
panionship in awful catastrophe and rescue
Never! Nevert In whatever part of the
earth they meet they will be friends wher
they mention the story of that awful night
when the Atlantic struck Mars Head
Well, my friend, our world has gono into
worse shipwreck. Sin drove it on the rocks
The old ship has lurche and tossed in tn,
tempests of six thousand years. Out with thu
life linel lido not care what denomination
carries it. Out with the lifeboatl l do no
care what denomination rows it. Side by
side in the memory of common hardships,a anC
common trials, and common prayers, AM
common tears. let us be brothers forever
We must be. We must be.
| One army oP tho LIVING God